CANOE, KY (December 24, 2024) – The Kentucky State Police reports that on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at 8:50 A.M., KSP Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a two-vehicle collision on KY-30 West, located in the Canoe community of Breathitt County.
Troopers, along with medical personnel responded to the scene. Preliminary investigation indicates that Jordan Gross, 27, of Canoe, was traveling westbound on KY-30 West when he lost control of his vehicle due to hitting black ice. His vehicle traveled over the center line striking another vehicle traveling east bound, head on. Gross was pronounced deceased on scene by the Breathitt County Coroners Office.
The operator of the secondary vehicle was airlifted to University of Kentucky hospital and is currently listed in critical condition. No Seat belts were in use at the time of collision and toxicology reports are pending. This incident remains under investigation and is being reconstructed by Trooper Branden Watts and Detective Brandon Thomas.
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